Tips in dealing with office politics?

What’s your experience in dealing with office politics? How did that experience help or screw you over? Or what’s your best advice in navigating through office politics?

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At the analyst level i quickly identified 1-2 MDs that are good to work for and once I got my first staffing with them I went 110% so that they would ask for me moving forward.

Safe to say it paid off because I work with those 2 Partners/MDs 75% of the time and pretty much was paid top bucket (albeit at EB we don’t really bucket)

And since I built rapport when it was time for PE recruiting (i did off cycle) the partner sent in a good word and now (shortly) heading off to UMM.

 
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